Collection Highlights
Shrewsbury River, New Jersey
1859
S-229
Oil on canvas
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Baby booties (pair)
Object name
Baby booties (pair)
Date
2003
Medium
Cotton
Dimensions
Overall: 4 x 3 in. ( 10.2 x 7.6 cm )
Description
Pair of crocheted pair of baby botties in white, yellow, and light blue with tasseled ties.
Credit Line
Purchase
Object Number
2003.16.6ab
Gallery Label
These booties and other items were purchased from New York Exchange for Woman's Work during the last week of its operation in February, 2003. The Exchange was founded in 1878 by Candace Wheeler and Mary Atwater Choate to provide respectable women who needed to earn living, particularly Civil War widows, a viable means for supporting themselves. The exchange was forced to close in 2003 due to high overhead and a waning market for handmade goods.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.